Summary:
In this article writer Harmeet Shah Singh write about unique celebration. In India a village celebrate unusual jubilee of not having electric despite of posts to convey electrical power arrived in 1985. A village in India, Kanugaon-located in Assam state in northeast, does not have electricity. People of the village have tried to contact with authorities about this issue, but their attempts have been failed. Children study with lanterns at night, cell phone carriers travel to neighbor village to charge their phone. According to India’s 2001 census around 78 million rural households had no access to electricity. And today at least 4 out of 10 people have cell phones. India heavily relies on thermal power. Half of their power generation comes from Cole and less than three percent is from nuclear energy. India is one of the fastest developing countries along with China. And somewhere in this race India is neglecting the need of its own people.
Author’s response:
One of the reasons why the author wrote this article, in my opinion, is to show that despite of becoming one of the fastest developing countries, India is neglecting its own people. India gained independence in 1947 from Britain, after around 400 years of ruling. It was Gandhi’s dream to make India a better country for anyone to live. But his dream is shattering somewhere. India has made excellent progress like they are one of the few with nuclear power, they have been on moon, and economy is increasing. But somewhere in India these progress has no effect because they can’t afford to get education, decent nutritional food, or even decent clothes. I believe the writer wanted to let the Indian government know what they’re neglecting.
Personal Response :
The reason I chose this article is to let people know that here in America that we should not take everything for granted. Here in US we get better education, food, clothes and so many other things. We cannot live without checking our face book or texting a friend, but somewhere in world there are children, not just in India, do not know what computer or cell phone is. We should appreciate what we have instead of complaining about not getting good connection on our phones.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/14/india.village.no.electricity/index.html
Friday, February 19, 2010
Indian village marks 25 years in dark despite electric posts
Posted by Karple at 8:23 AM
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2 comments:
It is sad to me to see in this day and age people are still without basic comforts, and that governments can so easily ignore the people they are supposed to be working for.
A very interesting blog. How unusual, to us, for people who have no electricity to have a cell phone! But I suppose a person cannot just go down to the local corner market and buy some electricity to take home, now can they?
It sounds as if the government in India is so concerned with making a global impact and impression that they've forgotten to take care of the people on whose backs the work is being done.
As for us in America, yes, we do have a lot to be thankful for, and our frustrations with all of these things show how our society has gotten things all out of perspective. It happens to all of us...the microwave doesn't cook fast enough, the computer is too slow, the cell phone dropped a call, etc. Some people wish they had problems this big.
Thanks for the reminder Patel! Let's be thankful.
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